95 Talon 6 Bolt DD

[Insane20]

Hey guys, I figured I would finally start one of theses on my 95 talon tsi awd. I should have started one long ago, so forgive me for the lack of pics.

So about 2 years ago I was a honda guy, but i was getting sick of hondas to be honest so i was looking for a new project. I was really looking for a gsx and since i am a mechanic it really didnt matter to me if it needed work on not. I searched all over trying to find one that wasnt rotting away when i came acrossed this purple and black talon tsi awd. it had a the 6 bolt swap done on it "90k on the motor" and around 116 on the dash. it had a full 3 inch srs exhaust, knock off greddy bov, a fmic with hard piping,and 20g airesearch turbo with no supporting mods. it oviously needed a paint job, a few interior peices and the turbo was blown. the previous owner is a member on here so ill post up the build journal he started on the car so you guys can have a little backround on it.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/photoshop-photography-forum/422977-story-saving-talon-newest-pics.html

The previous owner did a good job getting it that far, but it still needed some work. so anyways i ended up buying the talon for 2800 bucks. I fell in love with it the second that turbo spooled on the test drive. On the way home i noticed a few things wrong with the car, it was boosting to 17 psi on that 20g with no supporting mods. so i knew that it was running lean even though it didnt have a wideband and since the turbo was shot i figured i would just start from scratch with a new turbo. also on the drive home the suspension was making a lot of noise, the RR wheel bearing was humming really bad and the aftermarket radio SUCKED! .

heres a pic of it the day i got it.

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so the fist thing i did was get rid of the thumb nail wing. i know i will be bashed for this but i put the eclipse high rise on so bash away. i really like the way it looks though.

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so after that i started doing maintnence. once i did all of that i slowly started upgrading. ill give a list of the mods that i did, but remember this has been over the course of 2 years so sorry if i forget anything.

LIST OF CURRENT MODS:

BOLT ONS- MHI evo3 16g built by justin, SRS 3 inch turbo back exhaust, EBAY intake pipe + MAF adapter, EBAY FMIC+ hard piping, custom MBC, Godspeed 38mm external wastegate, fowardautomotive external wg o2 housing, STM spring-loaded dipstick, custom catch can, custom intercooler sprayer, greddy knock off adjustable BOV, rear mounted battery

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AUDIO- 1 alpine type r 12inch subwoofer in a custom box, 1 cz audio 10 inch subwoofer mounted in trunk floor, 2 rear pioneer 6x9s, 2 pioneer door speakers, 2 pioneer tweeter mounted in stock tweeter location. pioneer head unit with bluetooth

GAUGES/TUNING- Sunpro volt gauge "mounted in place of stock boost gauge, apexi turbo timer, apexi safc2, aem wideband, glowshift boost gauge/water temp gauge/oil pressure gauge

DRIVETRAIN-Dsm grave yard thick rear race axles

SUSPENSION/WHEELS-16 inch ford probe wheels,tokico hp struts and lowering springs

as it sits today

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its spray painted in those pics but as of right now it is down to bare metal sitting in the garage. this is the first winter i get to put it away and while its down i plan on dong a real paint job the right way. i also plan on doing rear brakes, a wire tuck, a 190lph fuel pump, 550cc injectors or 560 evo injectors. my goal is for 18- 20 psi this spring. ill post pics and updates of my progress!

 

[GSTsiAWD]

Sounds good man. What color you going for? And let me know how the wire tuck goes. I'm thinking about doing that to mine. But seem like a lot of work.

 

[Insane20]

Im sticking with the same colors that I spray painted it. Black with blue lower trim except this time it wont fade .

 

[GSTsiAWD]

Cool. Keep us updated man

 

[Insane20]

UPDATE!

so today i decided to remove the carpet/ seats so i could rug scrub everything.

when removing the seats i found the brace that holds down the back of the drivers seat was rotted away.

i plan on welding in a new brace and studs as soon as i get some more wire for my welder, so i have to put that repair on hold untill tomorow. but today i also ripped out my old tan sagging head liner, cleaned up the board and glued on a new peice of fabric, using that headliner glue you can get at the auto parts stores. i plan on doing my visors in the same color as soon as i figure out how to get them apart .

and then after all of that i figured i would just get back to sanding..

i will update again when i start welding in that brace. thanks for looking!

 

[Insane20]

UPDATE!

So i got my new rear pads and rotors in and let me say if not for this site i would have never found them . i got wagner pads from advanced auto and i ended up having to get my rotors from rockauto. being its an early 95 i have the larger vented rear brakes so finding the stuff took a bit but i got them.

then i decided to paint the calipers and the centers on the rotors. i did this with all 4. i just think it makes things look cleaner "no rust". so first i primed the rotor centers flat black.

then sprayed them blue.

finished product!

while i was at it i figured i would patch my rust spot in my wheel house. its not the best looking wheel house but then again when are you ever going to see it. i just welded in some sheet metal, put some body putty and undercoating on it and here you have it!

also while it was down i deleted my stock amp and amp harness, relocated those grounds on the floor under the seats and wired my wideband into my rear o2 signal so i can log with it. i also ordered an stm fuel pump rewire kit "not here yet" and a evo9 fuel pump. i got the pump from advanced, i ordered it for an 06 mitsubishi lancer 2.0l turbo. the only problem i see with it is the color. its that green color that the evo8 pumps are, but the part number matches so im going to throw it in and just watch my afrs to make sure its the correct pump.

thats it for this post but ill have more updates soon, thanks for reading!

Mini update!

Installed in the fuel pump today. After I was done I went to start it and it took me almost a half an hour to get it running. I dont know if its because I havent had it started since October or what but it took forever. Once I let it run for a minute it was fine after that.

 

[Insane20]

UPDATE!

so ever since i put that fuel pump in the car will take up to a half hour to start. i figured the pump wasnt sealed right on the hanger and was leaking fuel back in the tank so i removed the pump to investagate.

to be honest i find that the whole idea of the fuel pump being only sealed by those orings is stupid. plus i didnt even have a spacer for it or the bottom part of the bracket that holds the pump in thanks to one of the previous owners. also thanks to one of the prevous owners for putting jb weld on that fitting which was leaking. i decided to start from scratch and make a new elbow for the fuel pump bracket.

what i did was find a thick peice of 5/16 fuel line just like what the old line was made of, bent a 90 in it and flared both sides. then i cut that old elbow line off and drilled threw the hanger. i completely deleted that oring setup and brazed my 90 degree flared line in. then i hose clamped the pump to the bottom of the elbow and clamped the pump to the bracket. now no more leaks!

then after all of that i went to start it and it still wouldnt start, so im freaking out checking fuses, fuel pressure ect and come to find out i had the coolant temp sensor unpluged all along. pluged it in and it fired right up of course .

i also ended up priming the underside of my hood. will be painting it next week.

then i re installed my slim fam. before i had those plastic things that go threw the rad and the kept comming loose or cracking for some reason. so i made metal brackets that bolt up to where the stock fan did. its a little crude for now but im going to smooth out the edges with a grinder and paint them black.

and thats pretty much it for now, thanks for reading.

Oh ya one more thing, I was having an issue last year where the car would start to over heat on the highway with the ac on. I've heard of people cutting vents in there front bumpers but its ugly as hell, I was wondering if anyone had any input on vents that look good on a 2ga talon bumper above the intercooler to get more flow to the rad. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks guys.

 

[Insane20]

Update!

So I recently replaced my stock 450cc with a set of denso 550cc injectors which I kind of got for free. I had a hatch laying around I've been trying to get rid of and a guy hit me up about it and offered to trade a set of 550s for it. Anyways so I put them on and of course it didn't want to start "running rich" so I set throttle -18 globally and now it runs perfect. I will of course have to fine tune once its on the road again but for now it starts and idles fine.

For now I'm still sanding the car to bare metal little by little. A word of advice to anyone looking to paint their cars, NEVER sand yo bare metal! It sucks . Sorry I don't have pics to upload at the moment but ill get some up soon.

 

[Insane20]

Update!

Just got the paint on, waxed and everything is back together. Im going to put pics up as soon as I get home!

 

[Insane20]

Now for some pics

Bare metal







Primer







Paint!











So heres the story on the paint job. the shop i work at has an auto body and mechanical department. I am oviously a mechanic not a body man so i seeked advice from one of our oldest body guys. he has 30+ years in the bizz so i naturally asked him what i would need and advice on how to paint. he had me go with a nason single stage primer and base so i wouldnt have to clear coat it since i was doing it at my home garage and didnt want dust to show in the clear. he also lent me his spray guns and showed me how to mix, paint, ect..
well i think the car turned out great for my first job, its far from perfect but im far from a body man .

also updating, i have the car back on the road after a long winter. with the new fuel system im spiking 15 psi and its running great. i plan to update to a hallman boost controller since my home made mbc is causing me to spike, but i plan on running 18 psi. thanks for looking!

 

[Insane20]

Update!
I now have a nsx boost controller pushing 18 psi and today I did some interior work. I grabbed some black door panels off a spyder and front and rear black leather seats off a 3g.

 

[Insane20]

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